Dr. Dipesh Navsaria

OMG IT'S SEASON **FIVE** OF THE Reach Out and Read PODCAST!!!!

(How did that happen?)

We kick off our fifth year 🤯, with live, on-site records from the ROR Leadership Conference in New York City, complete with a bonus episode!

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Reach Out and Read Podcast A podcast centered on the belief that children's books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthier children and societies. Join us to hear from experts in early childhood health and literacy.

Murray, we'll all miss you, and the many, many things you've done for children everywhere. You taught us how to put all children first, each and every time. 😢💔

My The Capital Times column reflecting on his legacy: https://buff.ly/3WvdYxb

(And his obituary here: https://buff.ly/3LCLBa4)

Opinion | Murray Katcher a hero for Wisconsin’s children A pediatrician and child health advocate, Murray Katcher never missed a chance to advocate for kids both here in Wisconsin and nationally.

🥵 It's hot out there!

You didn't need me to tell you that…but you might want to tune in to our Teachers, Toddlers, and Tissues podcast conversation about how to think about and approach heat in early childhood education settings (and beyond!) buff.ly/3EHTqbK

Podcast Explore early childhood education resources on health & safety

We had an insightful, thought-provoking conversation on the contemporary challenges of raising boys with Ruth Whippman, author of the new book "BoyMom", on the latest Reach Out and Read podcast!

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All done at this year’s camp doctor stint! Great University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health medical students, as always.

(Also, friends, find yourself students who spontaneously come to your local half-marathon finish with doughnuts. 🙂🍩)

Shabbat shalom from Camp Interlaken JCC!

Have you heard of the concept of Cultural Pride?

Learn more about it and how it intersects with shared reading in our idea-packed Reach Out and Read podcast conversation with Dr Ashaunta Anderson!

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The camp doctor morning commute.

My 15th year.

We often hear people exhorting others to not act like a toddler…but what about someone saying "No! You *should* act like a toddler!"?

We interviewed Dr Hasan Merali on the Reach Out and Read podcast, on his recent book on this very topic! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

Much like in TV sitcoms, we decided we needed a Very Special Episode of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Health Consultation Teachers, Toddlers, and Tissues podcast on…Measles. 😱

We've had outbreaks in the US this year, often in child care centers. Listen in today! buff.ly/3EHTqbK

Podcast Explore early childhood education resources on health & safety

Wish you were at a fantastic Einhorn Collaborative early relational health meeting with a presentation and four awesome conversations with leaders in the field?

We gotchu, we did a live, onsite Reach Out and Read podcast recording, dropping as a bumper episode! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

It's warmer! Yay! Let's spend more time outside, kids…but let's also find out what does (and does not) keep them safer from serious injuries! It's our latest Wisconsin Early Childhood Health Consultation Teachers, Toddlers, and Tissues episode! buff.ly/3EHTqbK

Podcast Explore early childhood education resources on health & safety

A couple of weeks ago, I got to have a lovely conversation with Dr Darby Saxbe on brain changes...but not in the kids, but IN THE PARENTS!

You won't want to miss this Science Sessions episode. https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

Next delayed podcast drop post:

An incredible conversation with Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and an accomplished author herself! We discussed representation in books and what that means to children. https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

Surfacing from a busy couple of months to catch up on my podcast episode drops! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

First up, an astute publisher picked up on a comment about "books are our friends" in a prior episode and connected us to , author of..."Books Make Good Friends"!

Hot off the presses: , an amazing Reach Out and Read anniversary collaboration with Scholastic, with 35 beautiful books with 350,000 books being shipped.

And...of course you knew we have a episode all about it. We discuss how the collection was designed, and with an author-illustrator pair included in the collection! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

35 for 35 - Reach Out and Read Meet the books, the authors, and the illustrators included in 35 for 35, a collection celebrating the millions of families transformed across the 35-year journey of Reach Out and Read — and the millions more we will soon reach.

Physician Assistant Education friends? Come work with us! We're looking for a Program Director!

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Free and open to the public! Don't miss it!

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, April 10, the PELICAN Center (Center on Promoting Early Literacy, Child Advocacy, and Nurturance) with support from the University Lectures Committee, will host its inaugural lecture on early relational health. The lecture will feature David W. Willis, a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy.

Friends, find yourself a professional society group trainee liaison who:
✅ also wears bowties
✅ also happens to own a plague doctor squishy
✅ and coincidentally is an MD-PhD student at your own institution.

Thanks for joining us, Jared Boyce!

WHOOOO had a lovely AAP COEC* Executive Committee meeting this weekend, which included a field trip to a local nature center that does early childhood programming? We did! 🦉

Lots of work, great brainstorming, and amazing colleagues relentless in lifting up infants, young children and their families in programs, practice, and policy.

*American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood!

I was asked this morning if I had a bowtie for *every* occasion. The answer is no, not every occasion.

You know that line about "Never meet your heroes" (because you'll inevitably be disappointed)?

Yeah, it's rubbish. I had the most lovely, wonderful conversation with legendary author Kate DiCamillo on Reach Out and Read podcast! Reading, writing, sardine tins...it's all there. Don't miss it!

https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

Have you ever met a "book czar"? Well, that's what I call Reach Out and Read's Director of Books Strategy and Partnerships, Angela Cunningham, who we got to interview on ! Learn about her philosophy, ideas, and hints of things to come... https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

We have a really HOT episode for you to CHEW ON — yes, it's about fever, teething, and more, on Teachers, Toddlers, and Tissues! buff.ly/3EHTqbK

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One Anthem Award was nice.
Two Anthem Awards are even better. 😉
🏆🏆 now on my shelf for tReach Out and Readead Podcast!

Listen today! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

Lullabies: they're not just a set of pretty sounds, they may be exactly what a baby's brain is tuned to hear…and need! Learn more on today's Reach Out and Read podcast drop, our latest Science Sessions with Dr Giovanni Di Liberto of Trinity College, Dublin! https://buff.ly/3e4cz9J

It might be cool and rainy in the District today, but our hearts are warm with doing federal advocacy for evidence-based home visiting programs, talking to Congress about Parents as Teachers National Center's work!

Thank you to Colleen Malloy White of Senator Ron Johnson's office for meeting with us today in DC regarding the Parents as Teachers National Center evidence-based home-visiting program!